Dozens of Europeans in training for terror - Pakistan

Dozens of Muslim militants with European citizenship are believed to be hiding out in the lawless tribal area of north western Pakistan, training for missions that could include terror attacks in European capitals, Pakistani and Western intelligence...

Dozens of Muslim militants with European citizenship are believed to be hiding out in the lawless tribal area of north western Pakistan, training for missions that could include terror attacks in European capitals, Pakistani and Western intelligence officials said tonight

A senior official of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, or ISI, said that there are believed to be "several dozen" people with European citizenship - many of Pakistani origin - among the Islamic extremists operating in the lawless border area.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not supposed to talk about classified information to the media, said foreigners in the area also include Chechens, Uzbeks, Arabs and Turks, one of whom was a former F-16 pilot in the Turkish air force.

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